Antimicrobial sensitivity of hippurate-negative Campylobacter and Helicobacter pullorum strains isolated from patients with diarrhea P. BASCUÑANA, I. PENA, J. J. PICAZO, A. C. VELASCO C. jejuni as well as some hippurate-negative Campylobacter species and related diarrheagenic organisms, are the leading cause of gastroenteritis in our environment all throughout the year. The aim of the present […]
Nosocomial infection following video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery D. N. NAN, M. FERNÁNDEZ-AYALA, C. FARIÑAS-ÁLVAREZ, R. MONS, J. GONZÁLEZ-MACÍAS, M. C. FARIÑAS Objectives: To assess the incidence and risk factors for nosocomial infection after video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). Methods: Prospective cohort study of all consecutive patients who underwent VATS surgery during 20 months. Patients were visited on […]
Antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-negative organisms from intraabdominal infections and evolution of isolates with extended spectrum β-lactamases in the SMART study in Spain (2002-2010) R. CANTÓN, E. LOZA, J. AZNAR, J. CALVO, E. CERCENADO, R. CISTERNA, F. GONZÁLEZ, J. L. LÓPEZ, C. RUBIO, A. I. SUÁREZ, F. TUBAU, I. WEBER, P. YUSTE, R. CAVANILLAS y grupo […]
Consensus document on treatment of infections in diabetic foot J.I. BLANES Y REPRESENTANTES DE LA ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE CIRUJANOS (AEC); SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE ANGIOLOGÍA Y CIRUGÍA VASCULAR Y (SEACV); SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE MEDICINA DE URGENCIAS Y EMERGENCIAS (SEMES); SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA MEDICINA INTERNA (SEMI); SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE MEDICINA INTENSIVA, CRÍTICA Y UNIDADES CORONARIAS (SEMICYUC) Y SOCIEDAD […]
Recommendations for the treatment of invasive fungal infection caused by filamentous fungi in the hematological patient J. BARBERÁN, J. MENSA, J. C. VALLEJO, I. JARQUE, J. C. GARCÍA, J. R. CABRERA, P. BALTASAR, J. BESALDUCH, J. M. CALVO, F. J. CAPOTE, E. CARRERAS, M. L. DÍAZ, F. ESCALANTE, P. FERNÁNDEZ, S. GARZÓN, C. GRANDE, D. […]
Resistance of Bacteroides isolates recovered among clinical samples from a major Costa Rican hospital between 2000 and 2008 to ß-lactams, clindamycin, metronidazole, and chloramphenicol E. CORDERO-LAURENT, C. RODRÍGUEZ, E. RODRÍGUEZ-CAVALLINI, M. M. GAMBOA-CORONADO, C. QUESADA-GÓMEZ Objective. To assess the susceptibility of 100 isolates of Bacteroides spp. recovered in a major Costa Rican hospital between 2000 […]
Susceptibility to fluconazole of clinical interest yeasts: new breakpoints L. GARCÍA-AGUDO, P. GARCÍA-MARTOS, P. MARÍN-CASANOVA, M. RODRÍGUEZ-IGLESIAS Introduction. Recently, Pfaller et al (Drug Resist Update 2010; 13:180-95), have proposed new breakpoints for determining the in vitro susceptibility to fluconazole of Candida albicans, C. parapsilosis and C. tropicalis. The aim of this study was to […]
Discrepancy in the disk diffusion susceptibility test of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from cystic fibrosis patients after anaerobic preincubation and its potential clinical relevance F. CAFINI, C. GARCÍA REY, P. BAS, M. L. GÓMEZ-LUS, I. SÁNCHEZ, S. VÁZQUEZ, J. PRIETO Introduction. In cystic fibrosis, the Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells grow inside the thick mucus layer. In spite […]
Efficacy and safety of caspofungin in critically ill patients. ProCAS Study C. LEÓN-GIL, A. ÚBEDA-IGLESIAS, A. LOZA-VÁZQUEZ, M. V. DE LA TORRE, J. M. RAURICH-PUIGDEVALL, B. ÁLVAREZ-SÁNCHEZ, C. ORTIZ-LEYVA, J. M. DOMÍNGUEZ-ROLDÁN, L. SOCÍAS-CRESPI, J. GARNACHO-MONTERO AND THE PROCAS STUDY GROUP Introduction. Caspofungin is an echinocandin with proven efficacy in invasive candidiasis (IC) and invasive aspergillosis […]
Pharmacoeconomic analysis of the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with daptomycin or vancomycin C. RUBIO-TERRÉS, D. RUBIO-RODRÍGUEZ, N. MAJOS, S. GRAU Introduction. The increased morbidity, mortality and high costs associated with bacteremia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major public health problem. Pharmacoeconomic analysis was performed to compare the efficiency of daptomycin (DAP) against […]
